{"id":5372,"date":"2011-09-08T03:13:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2011-09-08T03:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T10:13:58","slug":"lowlights-from-the-republican-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5372","title":{"rendered":"Lowlights From The Republican Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank goodness the President’s speech before congress was put off until Thursday. I would not have wanted America to miss this spectacle of GOP brilliance.<\/p>\n

Setting aside the predictable skirmishes and automatic spewing of stump speech sound bites, there were some classic moments of insight that can only be attributed to the chronic psychosis of Republicanism. So without further ado…<\/p>\n

Biggest Whopper of the Night:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rick Perry on Obama saying that the border is safer than ever: “Either he has some of the poorest intel in the history of this country or he is an abject liar.”<\/em>
\nHowever, violent crime rates<\/a> along the U.S.-Mexico border have been falling for years and border cities of all sizes have maintained crime rates below the national average.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comic Relief (which is pretty much everything else):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perry flubbed his grasp of border security by calling for patrols with unmanned drones, apparently unaware that such patrols have been in use since 2009, including in Texas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michele Bachmann wants to make sure that immigrants seeking citizenship have a basic knowledge of American history. I assume that’s so she’ll have someone to teach her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To illustrate how unreliable science is with regard to Global Warming, Perry cited Galileo as an example of a scientist who was disputed by fellow scientists. The problem with that is that Galileo was disputed by fundamentalist Christian authorities, not other scientists. You know, the kind of non-scientist, fundamentalists Perry hangs out with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ron Paul expressed his dismay with border fences because, instead of keeping foreigners out, they could be used to keep Americans in. He may be the only candidate speaking out in support of expatriates fleeing to Mexico.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Newt Gingrich complained that the debate moderators were trying to foment disagreement between the participants. And as we know, political debates are supposed to be completely free of any disagreements between the candidates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Herman Cain advocates for the Chilean model of retirement programs. Chile essentially has a program wherein people pay in to private accounts. In other words, Cain wants to privatize Social Security. Which is marginally better than Perry’s plan to abolish the whole Ponzi scheme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perry praised Michael Dukakis’ job creation record as governor of Massachusetts saying that he “created jobs three times faster than”<\/em> Mitt Romney. Romney didn’t disagree.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bachmann again spoke of her five biological children and 23 foster kids. This time it was to shore up the child labor vote by asserting that what kids need today are jobs. Makes you wonder what she was doing with all those foster kids.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was great television. I can’t wait for the next debate. We have a couple of promising events on the schedule. One with CNN and their co-host, Tea Party Express. And another by Fox News with questions submitted via Google. What I wouldn’t give for a debate co-sponsored by Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment and the National Rifle Association, with their moderators Ted Nugent and Victoria Jackson. And a special half-time tribute to Ann Coulter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank goodness the President’s speech before congress was put off until Thursday. I would not have wanted America to miss this spectacle of GOP brilliance. Setting aside the predictable skirmishes and automatic spewing of stump speech sound bites, there were some classic moments of insight that can only be attributed to the chronic psychosis of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[545,568,301,925,165],"class_list":["post-5372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-michele-bachmann","tag-newt-gingrich","tag-republicans","tag-rick-perry","tag-ron-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1oE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5183,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5183","url_meta":{"origin":5372,"position":0},"title":"10 Things You Need To Know About Rick Perry","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/14\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas governor Rick Perry is officially in the race for president. 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